Kips Bay

The life in Kips Bay is a welcome change from the bustling New York City. The neighborhood is as if by magic secluded from the rest of Manhattan – there’s no subway car that can get you here! The waterside atmosphere, in tandem with seclusion, and an occasional sound of a distant motorboat, is sure to provide a much-needed sense of escape. The site of the Landing at Kip’s Bay, a battle during the New York and New Jersey campaign in the American Revolutionary War, Kips Bay today is a primarily residential destination. The neighborhood underwent a major high-rise development phase in 1960s and 1970s, including the rise of the Peter Cooper Village. Prewar carriage houses, townhouses and row homes complement the larger complexes and the bounty of NYU buildings in the area. The boundaries are relatively straightforward, with East 23rd Street to south and East 34th Street to the north. To the west, Lexington Avenue provides the cutoff point while the East River provides the east boundary.

All through the 20th century, and up until 2007, parts of Lower Manhattan were wired up using Edison’s original 110V DC.

In 1922, there was a Straw Hat Riot. It was an unofficial rule in NYC that straw hats weren't allowed to be worn past Sept. 15, but some unruly kids started snatching people's hats a few days before that, causing an uprising that lasted a few days.

The price of a slice of pizza and the cost of a single ride on the subway has been nearly equal for the past 50 years.

New York City has more people than 39 of the 50 states in the U.S.

European settlers who brought seeds to New York introduced apples to the US in the 1600s.

America’s first rollercoaster debuted on June 16, 1884 on Coney Island in Brooklyn. Known as the Switchback Railway, it only traveled six miles per hour.

In 2010, 38% of all 911 calls in NYC were butt dials.

There's a wind tunnel near the Flat Iron building that can raise women's skirts. In the not-so-distant past, men used to gather outside of the building to feast their eyes on the effect.

A little over 8 million people live in New York City. That means 1 in every 38 people in the United States calls NYC - home.

There are tiny shrimp called copepods in NYC's drinking water.

On 9/11, when all transport out of the city was shut down, citizen boat owners managed to transport over 500k people from Manhattan Island in an amazing act of selflessness and camaraderie known as the “9/11 Boatlift.”

There are "fake" buildings in the city that are used for subway maintenance and ventilation. E.g. 3-story historic townhouse at 58 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights

In 1884, in order to prove that the Brooklyn Bridge was stable, P.T. Barnum led 21 elephants over it.

NYC buries its unclaimed bodies on an island off the coast of the Bronx called Hart Island. Since 1869, nearly a million bodies have been buried there. The island is not open to the public.

It is a misdemeanor to pass gas in NYC churches.

The winter of 1780 was so harsh in New York that New York harbor froze over. People could walk from Manhattan to Staten Island on the ice.

The New York Public Library has over 50 million books and other items and is the second largest library system in the nation after the Library of Congress. It is also the third largest library in the world.

Oysters were so popular in New York in the 19th Century that their shells were used to pave Pearl Street. They were also used for lime for the masonry of the Trinity Church.

The first bank card, named “Charg-It,” was introduced in 1946 in Brooklyn by banker John Biggins.

The "New York Post" established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States.

About 1 in every 38 people living in the United States resides in New York City.

Sam Schapiro began the Kosher wine industry on New York's Lower East side with their famous extra heavy original concord wine in 1899

The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan.

NYC garbage collectors call maggots "disco rice."

The first daily Yiddish newspaper appeared in 1885 in New York City.

There is a death in New York City every 9.1 minutes.

Chernobyl is closer to New York than Fukushima is to L.A.

New York City's 520-mile coastline is longer than those of Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco combined.

Times Square is named after the New York Times. It was originally called Longacre Square until The Times moved there in 1904.

The United Nations headquarters was established in New York City in 1952 after World War II.

Since Brooklyn’s terrain is mostly flat, it’s the fastest borough for runners in the New York City Marathon with an average speed of 8:14 minutes per mile.

Credit card minimums ARE legal in NYC. In 2010, Congress legalized up to a $10 minimum.

Twizzlers candy was developed by the National Licorice Company in Brooklyn in 1845.

Central Park, which opened to the public in 1858, became the first landscaped public park in an American city.

The narrowest house in NYC is in the West Village: 75 1/2 Bedford Street is just over 9 feet wide.

Albert Einstein's eyeballs are stored in a safe deposit box in New York City.

The city of New York will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person if they have a guaranteed place to stay.

Brooklyn was once the “Coffee Capital.” By 1906, about 25 million pounds of coffee a month was roasted at the Arbuckle Brothers coffee factory on John Street.

Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.

France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1886 for its Centennial celebration. The statue was shipped as 350 pieces in 214 crates and took 4 months to assemble at its current home on Ellis Island.

The borough of Brooklyn would be the fourth largest city in the United States, if it weren't part of NYC.

On November 28, 2012, not a single murder, shooting, stabbing, or other incident of violent crime was reported in NYC for an entire day. The first time… in… basically… ever.

The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as President on the balcony at Federal Hall.

The scary nitrogen gas tanks you sometimes see on the corners of NYC streets are used to keep underground telephone wires dry.

UPS, FedEx, and other commercial delivery companies receive up to 7,000 parking tickets a DAY, contributing up to $120 million in revenue for the City of New York.

More Chinese people live in New York City than in any other city outside of Asia. More Jewish people live here than in any other city outside of Israel.

The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.

Up until World War II, everyone in the entire New York City who was moving - had to move to their new apartment on May 1.

Charles Feltman is said to have invented the hot dog at Coney Island in 1867. The famous Nathan’s was later opened by one of his former employees.

It can cost over $289,000 for a one-year hot dog stand permit in Central Park.

New York City's subway system is the largest mass transit system in the world (and it keeps expanding).

Sixty percent of cigarettes sold in NYC are illegally smuggled from other states.

Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City.

In 1975, the City of New York sold a private island in the East River for $10.

There is a birth in New York City every 4.4 minutes.

There are more undergrad and graduate students in NYC than Boston has people.

740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country.

Elvis departed for his 18-month military service in WWII from the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

In nine years, Madison Square Garden's lease will run out and the celebrated venue will have to move.

In 1920, a horse-drawn carriage filled with explosives was detonated on Wall Street killing 30 people. No one was ever caught, but the event is considered to be one of the first ever acts of domestic terrorism.

Up until 1957, a pneumatic mail tube system used to connect 23 post offices across 27 miles in NYC. At one point, the system moved 97,000 letters a day.

Prospect Park is Brooklyn’s largest public park. The duo behind Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert B. Vaux, created the Brooklyn icon in 1867.

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